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Origin of the Great Bear (Ursa Major).

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The stars. Note: the question of implicit meanings assumed by the proponents of "astralmythology" is not discussed here; only explicit statements in original sources are considered. · Origin of particular stars. · view the constellation · filed as A771

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Greek Fox 21 (Kallisto), 251
  • Jewish Neuman
  • Lappish Qvigstad FFC LX 34 No. 5
  • Livonian Loorits FFC LXVI 81 Nos. 10, 11
  • Egyptian Müller 59
  • Siberian Holmberg Siberian 426
  • Hindu Keith 102
  • Chinese Graham
  • Korean Zong in-Sob 12 No. 5. – N. Am. Indian (Eskimo, Iroquois, Assiniboine, Blackfoot, Mandan, Sioux): Alexander N. Am. 9, 26, 96, *278 n. 14
  • Aztec Alexander Lat. Am. 93.
  • general *Andree Ethnographische Parallelen (1878) 104
  • general *Handwb. d. Aberglaubens IX Nachträge 681f.
  • general *Basset RTP XXVIII 112 with references to earlier volumes. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 276
Within the index

Filed under Origin of particular stars.

1 finer motif beneath it
Origin of the Southern Cross. Analogous legends in the southern hemisphere with those of Ursa Major in the northern
Filed beside it
Origin of Orion Origin of the Pleiades Origin of the North Star. (Cf. A702.3.) Origin of Hyades Origin of constellation Lyra. Greek (Orpheus's lyre) Origin of constellation Scorpio Origin of the Milky Way Origin of stars – miscellaneous

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